24 Cemetery Road

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991). There is no more conspicuous studio in town than Sea Barn, at 631 Commercial Street, in the Continue reading →

24 Cemetery Road

Eldred Mowery Jr. (1926-1993). In the 1950s and ’60s, the large residential building at 535 Commercial Street was known as Continue reading →

24 Cemetery Road

Capt. Jonathan Nickerson (1781-1871). Having escaped British captivity during the War of 1812 — no small feat, since he was Continue reading →

24 Cemetery Road

Phebe (Hopkins) Nickerson (1764-1843). Three generations — at least — of Phebes: Phebe Hopkins was born in Harwich to Phebe Continue reading →

24 Cemetery Road

Joel Heaton O’Brien (1914-1991). To honor Labor Day in 1960, the ABC television network broadcast Land of Promise, a half-hour Continue reading →

24 Cemetery Road

Lillian Orlowsky (1914-2007). For more than half of a century – much of that time at 23 Brewster Street – Continue reading →

24 Cemetery Road

Edward C. Parker (1808-1867). Parker, a mariner, was the son of Samuel and Experience Parker. He married Sally Cook in Continue reading →

24 Cemetery Road

James Wingate Parr (1923-1969). Though Parr painted shoreline landscapes, he did so with a dark and disturbing undertone, using a Continue reading →